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单词 triskaidekaphobia
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triskaidekaphobian.

/ˌtrɪskʌɪdɛkəˈfəʊbɪə/
Forms: Also triskedekaphobia, triskaidecaphobia.
Etymology: < Greek τρεῖσκαιδεκα thirteen + -phobia comb. form.
Fear of the number thirteen.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > fear of particular things > [noun] > fear of number thirteen
triskaidekaphobia1911
1911 I. H. Coriat Abnormal Psychol. ii. vi. 287 Fear of the number thirteen (triskaidekaphobia).
1953 N.Y. Times 8 Nov. e2 A discussion in the U.N. last week on the number of members on a committee raised the question of triskaidekaphobia.
1967 Daily Tel. 14 Jan. 18/8 Thirteen people, pledged to eliminate triskaidecaphobia, fear of the number 13, today tried to reassure American sufferers by renting a 13ft plot of land in Brooklyn for 13 cents (10½d) a month.
1976 Sunday Mail Color Mag. (Brisbane) 1 Aug. 7/1 Mrs. Ratcliffe suffers from triskedekaphobia..the name psychologists have given for an inexplicable dread of a Friday falling on the 13th of the month.
1979 Guardian 13 July 11/6 I'm tempted to diagnose triskaidekaphobia or allergy to 13.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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